News Roundup: Page 71

LGBTQ+

Deb Price, Pioneer Gay Life Columnist, Dead at 62

Deborah Jane Price – the U.S.’s first mainstream lesbian columnist who wrote about gay life – died at 62 on Nov. 20, the New York Times reported. Price wrote about high-profile LGBTQ+ issues but also the nuances of everyday gay life. Price – born Feb. 27, 1958, in Lubbock, Texas – died from interstitial pneumonitis. […]

Sports

Former HBCU Athletes Sue NCAA for Disproportionate Discrimination

A group of former HBCU athletes is suing the NCAA, “claiming academic standards and subsequent penalties for not meeting them disproportionately discriminates against black athletes and universities,” HBCU Sports reported. The 58-page Thursday lawsuit demanded that the Academic Progress Rate (APR) – a metric to indicate student athletes’ and team’s academic success – be abolished, […]

STEM

Dominion Energy Commits $25 Million in Grants for STEM at HBCUs

Dominion Energy is committing $25 million in grants to support science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Power Engineering reported. Using a $6 million Dominion grant, Virginia Union University will endow a STEM studies program. The school will establish a Dominion Energy Scholars scholarship program, finish its Huntley […]

COVID-19

U of Minnesota Might Borrow $82M to Cover COVID-19 Budget Deficit

Projecting a $166 million budget deficit brought on by COVID-19, The University of Minnesota might borrow as much as $82 million to cover lost athletic and housing revenue, reports the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. University administrators pitched the proposal to the Board of Regents on Thursday, and the regents plan to vote on the proposal […]

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Jerry Falwell, Jr. Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Liberty University

Jerry Falwell, Jr. has dropped a defamation lawsuit against his former employer, Liberty University — the Virginia-based evangelical school his late father founded — reported The Associated Press. Falwell resigned from his post as president and chancellor of the university in August following a sex scandal and other controversies. Falwell then sued the university in October, […]

Community Colleges

South Puget Sound Community College Receives Historic Gift of $2.5M

South Puget Sound Community College has received $2.5 million — the largest gift in its history — from the Bruno and Evelyne Betti Foundation. The donation will benefit the college’s professional technical degree programs, which include automotive and welding trades, as well as health care programs in the college’s Dr. Angela Bowen Center for Health […]

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Census Records Reveal the Founder of Johns Hopkins University Owned Slaves

Records show that Johns Hopkins, the founder of Johns Hopkins University, owned slaves, despite the previously held perception that he was an early abolitionist. The university announced the discovery on Wednesday in a letter to the campus community from President Ronald J. Daniels, Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine Dr. […]

Community Colleges

Dr. Vincent June Unanimously Appointed Chancellor of South Louisiana Community College

Dr. Vincent June was unanimously chosen as chancellor of South Louisiana Community College Wednesday, Daily Advertiser reported. June – interim chancellor since late May – begins in the role immediately after being voted in by the Louisiana Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors. “After a thorough vetting process, we believe Dr. June is […]

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University of Tennessee System Votes in Favor of Adding Martin Methodist University

Martin Methodist University – located in rural Pulaski, Tennessee – is likely to be the first institution added to the University of Tennessee System in 50 years, Knox News reported. The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees voted unanimously to add Martin Methodist University to the university system on Wednesday. Martin Methodist University’s board voted […]

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University of Minnesota Considers Tuition-Free Program for Low Income Students

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents will discuss a tuition-free program for in-state students with an annual household income of less than $50,000, the Star Tribune reported. The initiative was proposed by President Dr. Joan Gabel as a part of her strategic plan for the university. The goal is to launch the program by […]

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Former Eastern Michigan University Student Sues Professor for Sexual Harassment

A 65-year-old Eastern Michigan University professor is being sued by a student for sexual harassment, Click on Detroit reported. The lawsuit demands monetary damages and the firing of the professor. “I’m still trying to get over it, because as I said, I trusted him,” said former EMU student Destiny Hayes. Hayes allegedly emailed the professor […]

COVID-19

Hampton University to Give Pay Raises and End-of-Year Bonuses

Hampton University will be giving all faculty and staff a 2% pay raise – effective Jan. 1 – and a $200 end-of-year bonus as a show of gratitude, WAVY reported. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, the school said annual raises were not possible. But raises are now an option due to gifts. “I want to […]

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